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very wary of any ideological movement that might appear to be seeking a position of absolute power. references in scientology writings to the elimination of " parasites " and " antisocial " people who stand in the way of progress towards scientology's utopian world " without insanity, without criminals and without war " evoke uncomfortable parallels with nazism, and have led to scientology being classified as an " extremist political movement ". to further justify its stance, the german government has also pointed to the long history of u. s. court cases involving scientology, including the conviction of 11 top scientologists in 1979 and 1980 for a conspiracy involving